Fruit-pitting implement.



No. 668,82I. Patented Feb. 26, |90l. ALJ. LONG.

FRUIT FITTING IMPLEMENT.

.'Applicatiun led Nov. 15, 1900.)

(No Model.)

UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANNA J. LONG, OF CADIZ, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO KATHERINE J. REESE, OF SAME PLACE.

FRUIT-PITTING IMPLEMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 668,821, dated February 26, 1901.

Application filed November 15, 1900. Serial No. 36,640. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: e

Beit known that I, ANNA J. LONG, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cadiz, in the county of Harrison and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Fruit-Fitting Implement, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to fruit pitting or stoning devices, and has for its object to proxo vide an improved hand-operated implement. of this character which is especially designed for removing peach-stones so as to leave the peach in its whole state in order that it may be preserved or cooked without being cut up z5 into pieces. A

Vith this object in view the present invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described, shown in the accompanying 2o drawings, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims, it being understood that changes in the form, proportion, size, and minor details may be made within the scope of the claims witho ut departing from the spirit 2 5 or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a fruit-pitting implement constructed in accordance with the present invention.

3o Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation showing the implement in the first step of its operation. Fig. 3 is a similar View showing the nal step as the pit is being removed from the fruit. Fig. 4 is a detail enlarged perspective view of the pronged or cutting end of theimplement.

Like characters of reference designate corresponding` parts in all of the gures of the drawings.

Referring particularly to Fig. l of the drawings, it will be seen that the present implement comprises a substantially long and straight shank l, which is provided at one end with a handle 2, of suitable shape to be held in the palm of the hand. At the oppo" extremity beveled, as at 4, upon its outer side, so as to form a transverse chisel end, while the inner side of the prong is fiattened for the greater part of its length, so as to form opposite longitudinal sharp cutting or knife edges.

lt is preferable to form the shank of the implement from three strands of stiif wire, which are tightly twisted together, so as to form a straight stiff shank, the outer terminals of the Wires being bent or inclined outwardly, so as to form the prongs.

In using the implement to remove a pit or stone from a fruit the prongs are thrust into the stem end thereof, as shown in Fig. 2, after which the implement is rotated upon its longitudinal axis, so as to free the stern end portion of the fruit from the stone or pit thereof, after which the implement is withdrawn and thrust into the blossom end of the fruit, and by a slight push the prongs are brought into contact With the adjacent end of the pit, and the latter is forced longitudinally Outward through the stem end of the fruit. It

will now be understood that the knife-edges of the prongs cut the stem end of the fruit, when the implement is rotated, so as to make an opening for the exit of the stone or pit and also to free the stem end thereof from the body of the fruit. Through this operation of the implement the stone or pit may be removed without cutting the fruit into pieces, thereby preserving it in its Whole condition, which is the desirable state for preserving.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that the presentinvention provides a simple and convenientlyoperated implement which is designed to be manipulated by one hand, while the other hand holds the peach or other fruit from which the stone or pit is to be removed. No special skill or experience is required, as a few trials will give the operator complete control of the implement, and the fruit may then be pitted or stoned as fast as the implement can be applied to the same.

What is claimed isl. As a new article of manufacture, a fruitpitting implement, comprising a straight shank, having a handle at one terminal, and" a plurality of divergent prongs at the oppo- IOO ing ends at one terminal of the shank are formed into divergent prongs having opposite longitudinal cutting edges, and. chisel-edge outer terminals, and a handle fixed to the opl posite terminal of the shank.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my oWn I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

ANNA J. LONG.

RUPERT R. BEETHAM,

Witnesses: l WILLIAM T. PERRY. 

